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Achievements are extra challenges added into video games that sometimes carry a point value or unlock bonus material, and are sometimes solely for bragging rights.
A leaderboard is a way for players of any multi-player game to know where they rank within the game's community.
In many games there is a ranking system, the players with the highest point value are listed in a "high score" table.
The concept of purchasing media and having it delivered over the internet. No physical representation of this content is given, and although the content resides on the user's hard drive they are typically granted a license to the product, rather than ownership of it.
A console game is high definition if it operates at a resolution of at least 720p, or 1280x720. A console able to achieve this resolution is HD-capable. For a variety of reasons, the term does not apply to PC games.
The controversial practice of incorporating "access control technology" into digital media so as to limit what owners of that media can do with it, most commonly for the stated purpose of preventing piracy.
Xbox Live is Microsoft's online gaming service.
Typically found in fighting games, combos are a series of strung-together moves.
While most games feature achievements with gamerscore values in multiples of five, not all games do so.
Ranked Matches are commonplace in today's online world, and offer various distinctions over un-ranked/player matches.
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